AMF WC Classics Edition 90

[spiritualized]

It's time for instalment n°90 of the Classics Chart, where YOU get to nominate and vote for the best songs ever in a tournament to the death ! Only the cream of the crop will go through the grueling EIGHT weeks of charting.

Nominations will follow the rules below :

- only the first top 1000 AM song nominated each week is eligible.
- only the first six top AM 1001-10000 songs nominated each week is eligible.
- that would leave 3 places each week reserved for un-acclaimed songs (if more than 3, the fourth unranked song will take the spot of a second tier one)

For this week - Nominations are closed !

Top Tier (1-1000)

Second Tier (1001-10,000)

Third Tier (bubbling and unranked)

123 votes last week (-2 votes)
On the top step of the podium : Oasis' Stand By Me
New Entries : Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer / Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / Frankie Valli / Schoolboy Q
Kicked out this week : Handsome Boy Modelling School /.Ludwig Van Beethoven / Martin Gore
The Cure reaches the Hall of Fame !

Enjoy voting for your favorite 10 songs... a difficult feat !

The AMF WC Classics Hall of Fame playlist :



Top Chart (number of weeks as n°1)

The Smiths - How Soon is Now (2)
Nina Simone - Feeling Good (2)
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (4)
Annie - Heartbeat (1)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (2)
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up (Extended Version) (2)
France Gall - Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son (1)
Janelle Monae - Cold War (5)
The Cranberries - Dreams (1)
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (2)
Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (1)
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (6)
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole (2)
U2 - With or Without You (2)
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (1)
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have) ? (4)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (3)
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (3)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (5)
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (4)
Primal Scream - Loaded (2)
The Ronettes - Be My Baby (6)
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1)
The Zombies - Time of the Season (4)
The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (1)
Modest Mouse - Float On (2)
The Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia (2)
The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen (1)
Neil Young & The Crazy Horse - Like a Hurricane (2)
Pixies - Debaser (1)
Radiohead - Creep (1)
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (2)
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (1)
Outkast - Hey Ya! (2)
The Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No Satisfaction (2)
T. Rex - Bang a Gong [Get It On] (1)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1 (3)
Love - Alone Again Or (3)
Outkast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (1)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1)
The Association- Never My Love (1)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1)
Oasis - Stand By Me (1)

[StevieFan13]

Rona Nishliu - Suus

[spiritualized]

Galaxie 500 - Them
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings

[Edre Depeche Head]

The Gregory Brothers - Obama Mic Drop (1999)

I think it is time I nominate a song that it fun, silly, and not serious in any stretch of the imagination. But god damn is it stuck in my head.

[StevieFan13]

The Gregory Brothers - Obama Mic Drop (1999)

I think it is time I nominate a song that it fun, silly, and not serious in any stretch of the imagination. But god damn is it stuck in my head.

Seconded heartily

[Wisnu Tirta Aji]

Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet (#2110)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (#407)

[Brad]

Wire - Map Ref. 41 Deg. N 93 Deg. W (#6432)

Thanks!

[Edre Depeche Head]

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (#407)

Part 1, 2, or 3?

[Madzong]

L7 - Fuel My Fire (Unranked)

[Honorio]

De La Soul - Me Myself and I (1989), #566

[Wisnu Tirta Aji]

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (#407)

Part 1, 2, or 3?

Whole part (1, 2, and 3), not only part 2 but also the whole part. Because I like super long Pop songs, this time I'm nominating the whole part of "Another Brick in the Wall". So, I'm nominating not only 3-minute songs forever.

[Akhenaten]

Regina Spektor - You've Got Time [unranked]

[Edre Depeche Head]

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (#407)

Part 1, 2, or 3?

Whole part (1, 2, and 3), not only part 2 but also the whole part. Because I like super long Pop songs, this time I'm nominating the whole part of "Another Brick in the Wall". So, I'm nominating not only 3-minute songs forever.

I see. I am not sure if it is allowed though because by technicality they are three different songs on The Wall

[Edre Depeche Head]

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (#407)

Part 1, 2, or 3?

Whole part (1, 2, and 3), not only part 2 but also the whole part. Because I like super long Pop songs, this time I'm nominating the whole part of "Another Brick in the Wall". So, I'm nominating not only 3-minute songs forever.

I see. I am not sure if it is allowed though because by technicality they are three different songs on The Wall

[StevieFan13]

Part 1, 2, or 3?

Whole part (1, 2, and 3), not only part 2 but also the whole part. Because I like super long Pop songs, this time I'm nominating the whole part of "Another Brick in the Wall". So, I'm nominating not only 3-minute songs forever.

I see. I am not sure if it is allowed though because by technicality they are three different songs on The Wall

And more than that, I believe Part 2 is the only one ranked at #407, what with it being the most successful and well-liked part.

[CupOfDreams]

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (BU)

[Rdwdbob]

A Tribe Called Quest - ‘Can I Kick It?’ (#1956)

[Wisnu Tirta Aji]

Whole part (1, 2, and 3), not only part 2 but also the whole part. Because I like super long Pop songs, this time I'm nominating the whole part of "Another Brick in the Wall". So, I'm nominating not only 3-minute songs forever.

I see. I am not sure if it is allowed though because by technicality they are three different songs on The Wall

And more than that, I believe Part 2 is the only one ranked at #407, what with it being the most successful and well-liked part.

Yes, Part 2 was ranked at #407. I'm apologize if this position given to the whole part. So, here's my edit:
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Whole Part) (Unranked)

I still nominating the whole part although the whole part was unranked on AM. So, let me nominating super long Pop songs too!

[StevieFan13]

A Tribe Called Quest - ‘Can I Kick It?’ (#1956)

Yes you can!

[Honorio]

Well, even if spiritualized should have the last word, I think we could close the conversation about "Another Brick in the Wall" because:
- It's a second nomination, the first one is Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" and it's the one spiritualized would surely use on the 91 edition (by the way, I don't know why some of you post two nominations while spiritualized usually only uses the first one).
- There is not a song called "Another Brick in the Wall (Whole Part)" so you can't nominate this. I mean you can't provide a Spotify link that include the three parts. If you go to "The Wall" album you can perfectly see that these three parts are not even sequenced together (there are 6 songs between "Part Two" and "Part Three"). I can provide the opposite example coming also from Pink Floyd: the first track on the album "Wish You Were Here" is called "Shine on You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5" but it's only one track in Spotify. This song meet the rules for being nominated but not the three parts of "Another Brick in the Wall" together.
Sorry if I sounded rude or paternalistic but I thought the conversation was verging on absurdity.

[spiritualized]

Well, even if spiritualized should have the last word, I think we could close the conversation about "Another Brick in the Wall" because:
- It's a second nomination, the first one is Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" and it's the one spiritualized would surely use on the 91 edition (by the way, I don't know why some of you post two nominations while spiritualized usually only uses the first one).
- There is not a song called "Another Brick in the Wall (Whole Part)" so you can't nominate this. I mean you can't provide a Spotify link that include the three parts. If you go to "The Wall" album you can perfectly see that these three parts are not even sequenced together (there are 6 songs between "Part Two" and "Part Three"). I can provide the opposite example coming also from Pink Floyd: the first track on the album "Wish You Were Here" is called "Shine on You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5" but it's only one track in Spotify. This song meet the rules for being nominated but not the three parts of "Another Brick in the Wall" together.
Sorry if I sounded rude or paternalistic but I thought the conversation was verging on absurdity.

Nuff said !
I doubt very much it would have been eligible by the order of nomination, and then the technicalities. We'll go without.

[Akhenaten]

Sorry Spiritualized, I noticed a couple of things incorrect:
- I Second That Emotion is ranked 2260, not unranked.
- The version of Wondrous Place on the playlist is from a 2018 album where an orchestra has been dumped into it like they seem to like doing a lot lately. It's not the real version.
- I don't think you can really claim Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) is unranked either just because it's a live version. It's ranked 570.

[spiritualized]

Sorry Spiritualized, I noticed a couple of things incorrect:
- I Second That Emotion is ranked 2260, not unranked.
- The version of Wondrous Place on the playlist is from a 2018 album where an orchestra has been dumped into it like they seem to like doing a lot lately. It's not the real version.
- I don't think you can really claim Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) is unranked either just because it's a live version. It's ranked 570.

1- OK fixed
2- OK fixed (I hope !!)
3- I was actually wondering about this - my nomination, but I specifically wanted that version. It is a tough one, really. What about "No Woman No Cry" - the Live Version is the acclaimed one, but does this mean that the studio version is the same ?
What kind of rules has there been regarding live versions in previous games / charts ?

[Akhenaten]

Thanks Spiritualized, that's the right version of Billy Fury's Wondrous Place now. It's a fantastic song - it's probably the most surprising song to me that isn't in the AM list.

I Second The Emotion still says unranked though.

I think it's fine (in fact good - especially in this case) to nominate a specific version, but the AM rank covers all versions is my understanding - so it would be the same for any games using the AM rank.